Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The principal church of a bishop's diocese, containing the episcopal throne.
- noun A large, important church.
- noun Something that resembles a cathedral, as in grandeur or authority.
- adjective Of, relating to, or containing a bishop's throne.
- adjective Relating to or issuing from a chair of office or authority; authoritative.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a cathedral.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing a bishop's seat, or used especially for episcopal services; serving or adapted for use as a cathedral: as, a cathedral church.
- Pertaining to a cathedral; connected with or suggesting a cathedral; characteristic of cathedrals: as, a cathedral service; cathedral music; the cathedral walks of a forest.
- Emanating from or relating to a chair of office or official position; hence, having or displaying authority; authoritative.
- noun The principal church in a diocese, which is specially the church of the bishop: so called from the fact that it contains the episcopal chair or cathedra.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (
Cathedra ) or throne. - adjective Pertaining to the head church of a diocese.
- adjective Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.
- adjective Resembling the aisles of a cathedral.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A big
church building , central place for some area. - noun The
principal church of abishop 'sdiocese which contains anepiscopal throne .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
- noun the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
- noun any large and important church
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She had a two-storey apartment, and in part of it they'd gone right through the ceiling to make what they call a cathedral ceiling.
Michael Henry Adams: Great Houses of New York: River House, the Best Address, Part IV 2009
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Alongside the cathedral is a more modern branch of a bank that replaced a fantastically Moorish cinema building - long since demolished.
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Alongside the cathedral is a more modern branch of a bank that replaced a fantastically Moorish cinema building - long since demolished.
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In the cathedral is the tomb of the Emperor Yturbide, and superb paintings, some by
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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And also, that's the area where we are advancing in what we call the cathedral freezing, which Tim talked about, where we are some very innovative ways, being able to create freeze curtains around or in places that we didn't think we could get and extend freeze curtains in the past.
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- A U.S. artist has unveiled a vast mural to what he called a cathedral of science …
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- A U.S. artist has unveiled a vast mural to what he called a cathedral of science …
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- A U.S. artist has unveiled a vast mural to what he called a cathedral of science …
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- A U.S. artist has unveiled a vast mural to what he called a cathedral of science …
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Buildings often resemble cathedrals [presumably Gothic churches -- we all know "cathedral" is not an architectural term, right?].
Your One-Stop Catholic Shop for All Things "The Golden Compass" 2007
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